<p>Heard a story about Jeb Bush I think you should hear. People who know Jeb Bush always describe him as was one of the nicest, kindest people you could meet. But if the following doesn&#8217;t make you think &#8220;compassionate&#8221; and indeed &#8220;presidential&#8221; I don&#8217;t know what will.</p>
<p>My nephew&#8217;s brother-in-law, Josh, is severely disabled with cerebral palsy. His father, Darrell, took him to Tallahassee at a time when Jeb Bush was governor of Florida, where Darrell spoke at a conference in the Capitol building on serving the handicapped of Florida.</p>
<p>After the conference, Darrell on a whim decided to see if he could take Josh to see Governor Bush.  ;He walked to the Governor&#8217;s office and proceeded to request a meeting. Of course he was immediately rebuffed, by the &#8220;gatekeeper&#8221; and was told that the governor was not available. ;</p>
<p>Somewhat dismayed, Darrell walked down to the Attorney General&#8217;s office. The assistant there, thinking something was strange made a call on his behalf, and after receiving a positive reply asked if Darrell and Josh could come back at 2 pm to meet with the governor.</p>
<p>Darrell, pushing his son Josh in his wheelchair, did indeed meet with Governor Bush, who seemed very pleased to see them.  ;However at some point in the conversation, Jeb asked &#8220;How do you think the conference went?&#8221;  ;Darrell replied, &#8220;Fine, Governor, but I just don&#8217;t think anyone is listening.&#8221;  ;</p>
<p>Jeb stared for a few seconds, picked up the phone and canceled his meetings for the rest of the day.</p>
<p>Darrell and Governor Bush spent the next four hours talking about the plight of the handicapped in Florida.  ;As a result, new programs and modifications to existing programs were launched over the next year based on their conversations.</p>
<p>Thereafter, Darrell had Jeb&#8217;s personal email and never failed to get a reply from the Governor.  ;From time to time, Jeb reached out to Darrell to check on Josh, talk about the issues and get advice.</p>
<p>Families with handicapped children are not a huge voting block. To us at PBP, this seems to frame Jeb Bush as very &#8220;presidential&#8221;, compassionate, decisive and action oriented.  ; ;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t you wish all politicians worked this way?</p>